usually i have set cpu idle slider to far right position to lower cpu usage which normally works fine. but in some cases (some games) i need to set it to opposite direction (nearly far left) for proper performance. so instead of pressing f12, navigating to cpu tab and handling this slider: is it possible to change this setting from workbench? some simple on/off switch (switching that slider from left/right and back) would do the trick already.

Use uae-configuration which can be used to check and set any config entry (except if config is basic config without UAE expansions)

uae-configuration cpu_idle value_here

i copied uae-configuration to c: and tried "uae-configuration cpu_idle 0", "uae-configuration cpu_idle 100" and i also tried "uae-configuration cpu_idle value_0", "... value_100", but it didnt't change anything. if i check cpu tab, cpu idle slider stays far right, whatever i do... do i have a wrong or old version of uae-configuration which does not support cpu_idle? because if i run uae-configuration without any parameters, it lists various things but i can't find anything regarding cpu_idle in this long list.

Honx, I tried the same thing just now but I also got nothing for "cpu_idle". If you want to see what value a current variable is set at, type in "uae-configuration <variable>" by itself - that'll give you an idea as to what values it's expecting.

thx, win32.cpu_idle works. but something is weird. while cpu_idle 0 does what it's supposed to do, setting slider to far left, cpu_idle 100 does not reach far right. slider is a bit past the middle towards right (5 dots from right). cpu_idle 80 reaches more to the right (4 dots from right). but i can't reach far right side...

cpu idle slider set one step from left: cpu_idle returns 165, one step from right: cpu_idle returns 45. so based on these values should i use values 180 and 30 for a proper on/off switch within emulation? 30 is returned at far right position, assuming that steps between the values are always 15, far left position should be 180 (165 + 15)? at least winuae seems to behave so, i tested twice setting cpu_idle to 30 and 180 and vice versa...